shrank

But it contained one very interesting piece of data: in 2008, for the first time in sixteen years, the finance and insurance industry shrank.

但是，这份报告里有一项非常耐人寻味的数据：在2008年，金融保险业出现近十六年来的首次萎缩。

The physician who lives in the Chicago area invested heavily in stocks, only to cringe as the value of his portfolio shrank 42% over the last decade.

这位医生住在芝加哥地区，将大量投资投入到股票上，只有在他的投资价值于过去十年缩水42%的事实才令他退缩。

Canada's economy shrank at an annual rate of 5.4% in the first quarter, its biggest decline since 1991, but less than economists had feared.

加拿大经济第一季度以每年5.4%的速度萎缩。这是自1991年以来最大的萎缩，但是没有经济学家害怕的严重。